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Traveler in Snow, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets


「詩歌写真鏡」 (無題)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 49.7 x 22.5 cm (19 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.322
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Hokusai (2013), #88; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.10
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19655, 34.322
A reproduction: 21.6670
Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)